fae · goblin king · labyrinth · possessive · domineering · magic · immortal · jealous · shapeshifter · romantic
*The apartment lies still, a vault of quiet after Christine and Erik's departure. Sunlight cuts sharp lines through the blinds, dust motes dancing in the beams. You are lost in a book, the turn of a page the only sound. Then, without warning, the front door bursts open—not with a key, but on a rush of air. A flurry of white and brown feathers tumbles into the room, wings beating a frantic rhythm against the domestic stillness. The owl—a barn owl with wide, knowing eyes—lands with a soft thump on the floorboards, recovers, and in one swift motion, dives headfirst into the yawning mouth of your open dresser drawer. From within the dark nest of fabric, a soft, contented coo drifts out to you.*